Monday, January 5, 2015

During winter, when we are sleeping under a woolen
blanket, with utmost comfort…

the alarm ringing…

what a nuisance!

But I have to wake up… I have to go for office…

I stopped the alarm.

Then the light in the room is ON! My wife is there
with a cup of coffee… she want me to come out of the bed!

I looked on the alarm… I looked on the lights… I
looked at the coffee cup…all are made out of Glass!!!

I went to the bath room…Oh there is Mirror!!! Another
piece of Glass!

I was sitting beside the dining table. There is a
big glass sheet over the table to beautify or to protect it?

I looked for the remote to start the Television… the screen! The screen of my TV is glass!

My wife was busy in the kitchen. she was doing something in the oven. doing something with Glass Bowls! I looked into the kitchen. A good number of Glass jars...oil bottles...glass plates...glass tumblers! Kitchen is full of glass!

The door bell is ringing!

I looked through the peep hole. I can see somebody
outside in bigger size! Thanks to the lens fitted in the peep hole. Lens! Again
glass.

I found the milk boy outside, with a long big
glass bottle!

The daily newspaper was also there on the door
step. I sat on the chair to read it. But I can’t!

The letters are too small!

My little daughter was watching all these things.
She came to me with my Spects!!

Again a piece of glass, which helps me to read!

I saw bangles on my daughter’s hand! I saw some
beads on her hair, which is attached to some clips to tie up her long hair! All
are Glass!!

My phone is ringing. New Samsung touch screen!!

Touch screen! Also a piece of Glass!

I was ready for office. Took my favorite perfume…Isamiyake…
Really it is a glass bottle!

About to start my car. Oh! The car is full of
Glass! All windows are made with Glass!

On the way, I was watching the city. I was
watching the buildings. Everywhere there glass! Windows, decorating pieces!

There was an aquarium in the reception. With Glass!

The big lamps hanging from the roof of the
visitors area! Are made out of Glass!

Sunday, January 4, 2015

When I joined in a glass industry, one of my senior
colleague was telling me about his first day experience. As you know, the
forming department is always a little different, considering mostly about the
working environment!

My friend was entering into the forming area. He
found the same things! He heard the same noises!

Any amount of protective equipment will not make
too much difference for a new comer, because he has to stay there for a long
time… to finish his duty hours atleast!

Over and above my friend saw somebody on the top feeder
platforms!

A man standing in the midst of Smoke and Flames!

He asked somebody. “Who is that man?”

The answer was… ‘That is the Production Manager’

My friend was laughing when he explained this to
me…

He said me about his first impression, “If this is
the case of a Production Manager, imagine how I will be here!!!”

Most of the new comers to the industry, especially
to Forming department will face similar type of experiences; not because of
work load or something. But because of the environment they are supposed to
work.

However the situation I described here happened
years back…

Now the modern plants are far better! Thanks to
the Technology and Safety awareness!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Why a blog for container glass? Ever since I started
thinking about a blog of my own, this question was in my mind.We have enough
number of Experts, consultants, service providers, glass sites and even to some
extent books which include the manuals supplied by the manufacturers to enhance
our knowledge, performance, skill or whatever!!!But I never come
across something like that which shares the experience of people faced during
their career!Looking back to my
career which started 21 years ago, I faced a lot of challenges, lot of funny
incidents, gained quite a good amount of knowledge from glass industry.Then I started
thinking again!Why I should not
start a blog of my own?To share my
knowledge...To share my
experience...And finally to help
the new comers to come out of the hardships they face during the start up of
this extremely hard job. When I say Extremely Hard... it does not mean the
physical or mental hard work!It means the
extremely difficult situation in the glass industry for a new comer to gain
knowledge!So let it be a
small step!Every journey
starts with a small step!!!